That Aud Smell

If past is prelude, the Sabres will put up 45 SOG tonight and pot 5 goals en route to a stirring victory.

I tuned in long enough last night to see that highlight reel goal that Columbus scored for its 3rd (?) goal. There was Samuelsson. Standing there with his proverbial d1ck in his hand. He looked pretty good for a stretch last season. The fact that Adams bought in on him for the length of term that he did - based on the sample size that they had - is another indicator of KA being in over his head.

Did this one get discussed as well? That’s the fu*king epitaph for these Sabres: “We bear some of that.”

Respectfully, no such thing this time of year. But I fear the dead-cat bounce. I don't think there can be any question about this. That said, it is a bit of apples : oranges - comparing Allen to any other QB (mainly Kelly) to have played for the Bills. I was in a full lather at the stadium last night - surrounded as we were by a great many Cowboy "fans."** (Shoutout to my regular STH neighbours who sold their tickets.) Anyhoo - when the refs whistled that one play dead just as Allen broke free and was about to hit Diggs for a 50-yard score or rip off a 25-yard run - I just started screaming "THAT'S NOT A QUARTERBACK IN THE GRASP ... THAT'S AN ALIEN ... AND HIS NAME IS JOSH ... F**KING ... ALLEN." **Cowboy "fans" who were born and raised in the midwest/rust belt? C'mon.

Oh gotdammit - are the Chargers in line for a fired HC dead cat bounce?

Win streak now please.

Sure. Why not.

I trust you meant boarded up buildings. Because brick (sh1thouse) buildings are one of my favourite things about Old Buffalo. Also, I am regrettably aware that "bricked up" is a term that young people use(d) to refer to the state of a man "standing at attention."

For me, there's a baseline level of care for the Sabres that apparently nothing can extinguish. It can burn low and slow when needed, as is the case now. It's just a bed of embers at the moment. It will take some doing for it to become a full fire again. Any 4-game win streak would serve as a bundle of dry twigs and sticks. I'm not making any special effort to tune in. And I will usually be checking the Score app before deciding whether I want to log on to watch. So it goes.

I won't be really back in on this team until they string together 4 wins. Following the lead of @Shoot da Puck, I believe.

How's Greenway getting lumped in with the old guys? He's generally been a good NHL forward when he's in the lineup.

Let's go, Buffalo!

Cozens as a ~20 goal scorer - around 50+ pts - would be fine - provided he’s playing strong and confident in all other aspects of his game. Last season was, I think, a true outlier of a season. Did Adams pay for ‘22-23 Cozens? Also, last season’s Cozens has haunted this season’s Cozens.

The possibility of Quinn coming back and continuing his progress is - for me - almost enough to make up for the unlikelihood of the Sabres making the playoffs.

Possibly. The story linked above by @shrader is what I was replying to.

More seriously: Stick tap to @Brawndo. I do appreciate it. I've been clowning on that for a while. I had never entertained the possibility that there might be a good reason for the choice of clothing (let alone a serious one).

the flag was for illegal formation, not offside. when i look back at the play, there appears to be only 6 players on the LOS, if you exclude the WR (who was not up far enough).

Interesting. What's the issue there? That the receiver was not on the LOS?

Good stuff. Thanks. I believe I've caught that phrase on the parabolic (sp?) mics that the networks use as well.

He had a funking sweater on under his sport coat. It must stop.

Given the chatter following this situation, it seems clear that WR's are asking whether they're onside. Although, to your point, I suppose a WR (or TE or RB) could also be asking for other alignment advice, such as "I'm off the line right?" Because sometimes there are formations like that (you can only have so many players at the LOS, as you note). But I can't imagine a line judge ever advising a single player as to whether a formation is legal in a more general sense. I think it's always the player asking "am I good?"

in the "pool report" transcript, the crew chief indicated that line judges will generally give a player an all clear or, if it's a close call, wave them to move back a smidge. he also said that the line judge will generally not give any feedback where, as was the case here, the player is lined up egregiously offside.